Katie Hyson
Racial Justice and Social Equity ReporterKatie Hyson reports on racial justice and social equity for KPBS. Prior to joining KPBS, Katie reported on the same beat for the local NPR/PBS affiliate in Gainesville, Florida. She won awards for her enterprise reporting on the erasure of a Black marching band style from Gainesville’s fields, one woman’s fight to hold onto home as local officials closed her tent camp, and more. Many of her stories were picked up by national and international outlets, including those on a public charter school defying the achievement gap, the police K9 mauling of a man who ran from a traffic stop, and conditions for pregnant women at a nearby prison.
Prior to that beat, she supervised the newsroom’s student digital team, served as a producer for the award-winning serial podcast “Four Days, Five Murders,” taught journalism classes for the University of Florida, and designed and launched a practicum series. She helped create the university’s first narrative nonfiction magazine, Atrium. She also earned her master’s in mass communications there, in a stunning act of treachery to her undergraduate alma mater, Florida State University. She is an alumna of the 2019 summer cohort of AIR Full Spectrum.
Hyson entered journalism after a series of community-oriented jobs including immigration advising, organic farming, nonprofit sex worker assistance. She loves sunshine, adrenaline and a great story.
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Supporters say harsher penalties are needed. Opponents point to unintended consequences and alternatives they say are more effective. -
Participants say meeting attendance dropped sharply after the Hillcrest recovery center was forced to close. -
San Diego is the voyaging double-canoe's last stop before returning to Hawaii. -
Church leadership opened the men-only shelter after a growing number of migrants began sleeping around the shrine of the Virgin Mary in their courtyard. -
San Diego County’s migrant welcome center is expected to run out of money by the end of the year. In other news, a case before the Supreme Court could upend the city of San Diego's robust program for removing guns from people who pose a threat. Plus, hear transgender stories unfolding in a San Diego hair styling school. -
In San Diego, hundreds of people took part in protests at several locations to call for an end to the war in Gaza and for the U.S. to stop arming Israel. In other news, a San Diego-based Navy SEAL is under investigation for associating with extremist hate groups. Plus, the San Diego Symphony performs a rare concert in Tijuana.
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San Diego has seen multiple antisemitic flyering incidents in recent months largely taking place in District 7, represented by Campillo. -
California’s first-in-the-nation reparations task force wraps up its historic work with a final report to lawmakers. -
Reported hate crimes increased in California in 2022, including instances of violence motivated by bias. That's according to state data released Tuesday.
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